Commodities List

  • Commodities symbols are created in three parts: the root symbol, the month code and the year code.
  • The month code – each month is represented with a single letter as displayed below:
 F - JanuaryJ - AprilN - JulyV - October
 G - FebruaryK - MayQ - AugustX - November
 H - MarchM - JuneU - SeptemberZ - December
  • The year code – is displayed as one digit. Hence 2008 would be displayed as 8, and 2009 as 9

For example: US (T-Bond) June 2008 would be displayed as USM8.
US is the commodity code
M is the month of June
8 is for the year 2008

Cash contracts, when available, can be obtained by prefixing Y0 (zero) to the commodity code in place of the month and year code.

Chicago Board of Trade - Mini Data (CBOTM)

Symbol Name Grouping
 YM  Mid-Sized ($5) Dow Industrials    Indices
 YC  Mini-Sized Corn    Grains and Oilseeds
 XN  Mini-Sized Corn (E)    Grains and Oilseeds
 YW  Mini-Sized Wheat    Grains and Oilseeds
 XW  Mini-Sized Wheat (E)    Grains and Oilseeds
 YK  Mini-Sized Soybeans    Grains and Oilseeds
 XK  Mini-Sized Soybeans (E)    Grains and Oilseeds
 YE  Mini Eurodollar    Financials
 YG  Mini-Sized Gold    Metals
 YI  Mini-Sized Silver    Metals
      

Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT)

Symbol Name Grouping
 C  Corn    Grains and Oilseeds
 ZC  Corn (E)    Grains and Oilseeds
 O  Oats    Grains and Oilseeds
 ZO  Oats (E)    Grains and Oilseeds
 W  Wheat    Grains and Oilseeds
 ZW  Wheat (E)    Grains and Oilseeds
 S  Soybeans    Grains and Oilseeds
 ZS  Soybeans (E)    Grains and Oilseeds
 RR  Rough Rice    Grains and Oilseeds
 ZR  Rough Rice (E)    Grains and Oilseeds
 SM  Soybean Meal    Grains and Oilseeds
 ZM  Soybean Meal (E)    Grains and Oilseeds
 BO  Soybean Oil    Grains and Oilseeds
 ZL  Soybean Oil (E)    Grains and Oilseeds
 BS  Soybean South American    Grains and Oilseeds
 ZA  Soybean South American (E)    Grains and Oilseeds
 AK  Ethanol    Energies
 ZK  Ethanol (E)    Energies
 EG  Ethanol Gulf Coast    Energies
 EN  Ethanol Los Angeles    Energies
 EH  Ethanol New York    Energies
 AJ  Ethanol OTC Synthetic    Energies
 FE  Ethanol OTC Options    Energies
 FZ  Ethanol OTC Swaps    Energies
 CS  Soybean Crush    Grains and Oilseeds
 US  30-Year T-Bond    Financials
 ZB  30-Year T-Bond (E)    Financials
 TY  10-Year T-Note    Financials
 ZN  10-Year T-Note (E)    Financials
 FV  5-Year T-Note    Financials
 ZF  5-Year T-Note (E)    Financials
 TU  2-Year T-Note    Financials
 ZT  2-Year T-Note (E)    Financials
 NZ  30-Year Interest Rate Swap    Financials
 QS  30-Year Interest Rate Swap (E)    Financials
 NI  10-Year Interest Rate Swap    Financials
 SR  10-Year Interest Rate Swap (E)    Financials
 NJ  5-Year Interest Rate Swap    Financials
 SA  5-Year Interest Rate Swap (E)    Financials
 FF  30-Day Fed Funds    Financials
 ZQ  30-Day Fed Funds (E)    Financials
 F2  Fed Funds Binary Options    Financials
 DJ  Dow Industrial    Indices
 ZD  Dow Industrial (E)    Indices
 DD  Big-Sized ($25) Dow Industrials    Indices
 AH  Dow Jones-AIG Excess Return Index    Indices
 DH  Dow Jones Real Estate Index    Indices
 CX  Liquid 50 Swap Index    Indices
 DC  Dow Composite    Indices
 DT  Dow Transports    Indices
 DU  Dow Utilities    Indices
 ZG  100 oz CBOT Gold    Metals
 ZH  100 oz CBOT Gold Options (Pit)    Metals
 ZI  5000 oz CBOT Silver    Metals
 ZU  5000 oz CBOT Silver Options (Pit)    Metals
 JR  JADE TSR 20 Rubber    Softs
 PO  JADE Palm Crude Oil    Softs

Chicago Mercantile Exchange - Globex (GBLX)

Symbol Name Grouping
 ES  E-Mini S&P 500    Indices
 EW  E-Mini S&P Midcap 400    Indices
 SO  E-Mini S&P Asia 50    Indices
 PC  E-Mini SmallCap 600    Indices
 EA  E-Mini MSCI EAFE Index    Indices
 NQ  E-Mini Nasdaq 100    Indices
 NC  E-Mini Nasdaq Composite    Indices
 NB  E-Mini Nasdaq Biotech    Indices
 EZ  E-Mini Russell 2000    Indices
 RW  E-Mini Russell 1000    Indices
 FN  E-Mini Xinhua 25    Indices
 ER  E-Mini MSCI EMI    Indices
 J7  E-Mini Japanese Yen    Currency
 E7  E-Mini Euro FX    Currency
 EB  E-Mini Eurodollar    Interest Rate
 E8  Eurodollar 5-Year Bundle    Interest Rate
 X1  NYSE Tick    Indices
 X2  NYSE Trin    Indices
      

Chicago Mercantile Exchange (IMM)

Symbol Name Grouping
 AD  Australian Dollar    Currency
 A6  Australian Dollar(E)    Currency
 BP  British Pound    Currency
 B6  British Pound (E)    Currency
 CD  Canadian Dollar    Currency
 D6  Canadian Dollar (E)    Currency
 JY  Japanese Yen    Currency
 J6  Japanese Yen (E)    Currency
 EC  Euro FX    Currency
 E6  Euro FX (E)    Currency
 SF  Swiss Franc    Currency
 S6  Swiss Franc (E)    Currency
 MQ  Mexican Peso    Currency
 M6  Mexican Peso (E)    Currency
 BR  Brazilian Real    Currency
 L6  Brazilian Real (E)    Currency
 NE  New Zealand Dollar    Currency
 N6  New Zealand Doll.(E)    Currency
 RU  Russian Ruble    Currency
 R6  Russian Ruble (E)    Currency
 RA  South African Rand    Currency
 T6  South Afr. Rand(E)    Currency
 RP  Euro/Pound    Currency
 RY  Euro/Yen    Currency
 RF  Euro/Swiss    Currency
 SK  Swedish Krona    Currency
 NR  Norwegian Krone    Currency
 UA  Euro/Krona    Currency
 UB  Euro/Krone    Currency
 UC  Euro/Australian    Currency
 UE  Euro/Canadian    Currency
 UF  Canadian/Yen    Currency
 UG  Australian/Canadian    Currency
 UI  Australian/N.Zealand    Currency
 UK  Australian/Yen    Currency
 UN  British/Swiss Franc    Currency
 UR  British/Yen    Currency
 UP  Swiss Franc/Yen    Currency
 WC  Czech Koruna    Currency
 WE  Euro/Czech Koruna    Currency
 WH  Hungarian Forint    Currency
 WP  Polish Zloty    Currency
 WU  Euro/Hungarian Forint    Currency
 WY  Israeli Shekel    Currency
 WZ  Euro/Polish Zloty    Currency
 KZ  Korean Won    Currency
 QR  Renminbi/Yen    Currency
 QV  Renminbi/Euro    Currency
 QT  Chinese Renminbi    Currency
 CZ  CME$INDEX    Currency
 ED  Eurodollar    Financials
 GE  Eurodollar (E)    Financials
 EY  Euroyen Tibor    Financials
 GJ  Euroyen Tibor (E)    Financials
 EL  Euroyen Libor    Financials
 EM  1-Month Libor    Financials
 GH  1-Month Libor (E)    Financials
 C7  Eurozone CPI Index    Financials
 JB  Japanese Bond    Financials
 S2  2-Yr Swap Rate    Financials
 S5  5-Yr Swap Rate    Financials
 S0  10-Yr Swap Rate    Financials
      

Chicago Mercantile Exchange (IOM)

Symbol Name Grouping
 SP  S&P 500 Index    Indices
 ND  Nasdaq 100    Indices
 RL  Russell 2000    Indices
 MD  S&P Midcap 400    Indices
 SG  S&P 500/Barra Growth    Indices
 SU  S&P 500/Barra Value    Indices
 PH  S&P SmallCap 600    Indices
 PP  S&P Depositary SPY    Indices
 PZ  Nasdaq-100 QQQQ    Indices
 PR  iShares Rus 2000    Indices
 LS  TRAKRS II Technology Index    Indices
 GA  Gold TRAKRS Index    Indices
 OO  LMC TRAKRS Index    Indices
 TA  Commodity TRAKRS Index    Indices
 XY  BXY TRAKRS Index    Indices
 XZ  PIMCO DJ TRAKRS    Indices
 PI  PIMCO StockPLUS TRAKRS    Indices
 PE  Energy SCPTR    Indices
 PF  Financial SCPTR    Indices
 PT  Technology SCPTR    Indices
 NK  Nikkei 225    Indices
 NL  Nikkei 225 Yen    Indices
 NY  Nikkei 225 (E)    Indices
 GI  GSCI    Indices
 GD  GSCI (E)    Indices
 G7  GSCI Excess Return    Indices
 F1  S&P GS Energy ER    Indices
 F3  S&P GS Non-Energy ER    Indices
 C0  S&P GS Natural Gas ER    Indices
 C6  S&P GS Industrial Metals    Indices
 LD  Lehman Aggregate Debt Index    Indices
 OE  S&P 100 OEX    Indices
 SQ  S&P 500 Equal Weight    Indices
 OP  S&P 1000    Indices
      

Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME)

Symbol Name Grouping
 PB  Pork Bellies    Meats
 PD  Pork Bellies (E)    Meats
 FC  Feeder Cattle    Meats
 GF  Feeder Cattle (E)    Meats
 LC  Live Cattle    Meats
 LE  Live Cattle (E)    Meats
 LH  Lean Hogs    Meats
 HE  Lean Hogs (E)    Meats
 DB  Butter    Meats
 BD  Butter Cash-Settled    Meats
 DA  CME Class III Milk    Meats
 DL  CME Class III Milk (E)    Meats
 DF  CME Nonfat Dry Milk    Meats
 DK  CME Class IV Milk    Meats
 JQ  BFP Midsize Options    Meats
 LB  Lumber    Softs
 DG  Dry Whey    Softs
 XP  NBSKP Pulp    Softs
 T9  Ethanol    Energies
      

Chicago Mercantile Exchange (Housing)

Symbol Name Grouping
 J0  HPI Composite Index    Housing Price Index
 I0  HPI Boston    Housing Price Index
 I1  HPI Chicago    Housing Price Index
 I2  HPI Denver    Housing Price Index
 I3  HPI Las Vegas    Housing Price Index
 I4  HPI Los Angeles    Housing Price Index
 I5  HPI Miami    Housing Price Index
 I6  HPI New York    Housing Price Index
 I7  HPI San Diego    Housing Price Index
 I8  HPI San Francisco    Housing Price Index
 I9  HPI Washington DC    Housing Price Index
      

Kansas City Board of Trade (KCBT)

Symbol Name Grouping
 KW  KCBT Wheat    Grains and Oilseeds
 KE  KCBT Wheat (E)    Grains and Oilseeds
 MV  Value Line Futures    Indices
      

Minneapolis Grain Exchange (MGEX)

Symbol Name Grouping
 MW  Spring Wheat    Grains and Oilseeds
 ME  Spring Wheat (E)    Grains and Oilseeds
 IH  HRWI Hard Red Wheat (E)    Grains and Oilseeds
 IB  NCI Futures    Grains and Oilseeds
 IC  NCI Futures (E)    Grains and Oilseeds
 IS  NSI Futures (E)    Grains and Oilseeds
 IP  HRSI Spring Wheat Index (E)    Grains and Oilseeds
 IW  SRWI Soft Red Index (E)    Grains and Oilseeds
      

Winnipeg Commodity Exchange (WPG)

Symbol Name Grouping
 RS  ICE Canola    Grains and Oilseeds
 WW  ICE Feeder Wheat    Grains and Oilseeds
 AB  ICE Barley    Grains and Oilseeds
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Commodities Exchange (COMEX)

Symbol Name Grouping
 AL  Aluminum    Metals
 HG  High Grade Copper    Metals
 GC  Gold    Metals
 SI  Silver    Metals
 AM  Gold Asian    Metals
 LA  Aluminium London    Metals
 LZ  Zinc SHG London    Metals
 LK  Copper GradeA London    Metals
      

New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX)

Symbol Name Grouping
 CL  Crude Oil    Energies
 WS  Crude Oil (E)    Energies
 SC  Crude Oil Brent    Energies
 RE  Crude Oil REBCO    Energies
 QB  Ethanol Physical    Energies
 HO  Heating Oil    Energies
 BH  Heating Oil (E)    Energies
 RB  Gasoline RBOB    Energies
 RT  Gasoline RBOB (E)    Energies
 LR  Gasoline Gulf Coast    Energies
 LT  Diesel Gulf (ULSD)    Energies
 LL  Diesel NY (ULSD)    Energies
 GR  GasOil    Energies
 PN  Propane    Energies
 NG  Natural Gas    Energies
 HP  Natural Gas (E)    Energies
 HH  Natural Gas LDay (E)    Energies
 QL  Coal Futures    Energies
 PA  Palladium    Metals
 PL  Platinum    Metals
 AN  Platinum Asian    Metals
 AO  Palladium Asian    Metals
 FO  Heating Oil/Crude    Energies
 F5  Unleaded/Crude    Energies
 JM  PJM Monthly    Energies
 HT  Singapore 380 Fuel Oil    Energies
 UX  Uranium    Energies
 AX  Ardour Global XL    Index
 AV  CAT Risk Nationwide    Index
 AY  CAT Risk TX-ME    Index
 AF  CAT Risk FL    Index
 R2  Crude Oil MACI    Energies
 R3  Crude Oil MACI (E)    Energies
 Q5  Crude Oil BCI    Energies
 Q6  Crude Oil BCI (E)    Energies
 CJ  NYMEX Cocoa    Softs
 KT  NYMEX Coffee    Softs
 KG  NYMEX Cotton #2    Softs
 KA  NYMEX Sugar #11    Softs
 RD  Carbon EUA Emissions    Energies
 RH  Carbon CER Euro    Energies
 RO  SO2EMISS    Energies
 R3  NOX Seasonal V 2008    Energies
 Q6  NOX Seasonal V 2009    Energies
 T4  NOX Seasonal V 2010    Energies
 T9  NOX Seasonal V 2011    Energies
 V6  NOX Seasonal V 2012    Energies
 V7  NOX Annual V 2008    Energies
 V8  NOX Annual V 2009    Energies
 Y3  NOX Annual V 2010    Energies
 O3  NOX Annual V 2011    Energies
 X3  Natural Gas 12-Month Strip    Energies
 X4  Natural Gas 24-Month Strip    Energies
 X9  Crude Oil 12-Month Strip    Energies
 X0  Crude Oil 24-Month Strip    Energies
      

New York Mercantile Exchange - miNY's (NYMI)

Symbol Name Grouping
 QM  Crude Oil emiNY    Energies
 QH  Heating Oil emiNY    Energies
 QU  Gasoline Unleaded emiNY    Energies
 QG  Natural Gas emiNY    Energies
 QB  Brent Crude emiNY    Energies
 PQ  Platinum emiNY    Metals
 LQ  Palladium emiNY    Metals
 QO  Gold emiNY    Metals
 QC  Copper emiNY    Metals
 QI  Silver emiNY    Metals
      

Dubai Mercantile Exchange (DME)

Symbol Name Grouping
 OQ  Crude Oil Oman    Energies
      

New York Board of Trade (CSCE)

Symbol Name Grouping
 KC  ICE Coffee    Softs
 MK  ICE Mini Coffee    Softs
 CC  ICE Cocoa    Softs
 SB  ICE Sugar #11    Softs
 SE  ICE Sugar #14    Softs
 RN  ICE Robusta Coffee    Softs
      

New York Board of Trade (NYCE)

Symbol Name Grouping
 CT  ICE Cotton #2    Softs
 OJ  ICE Orange Juice FCOJ-A    Softs
 OC  ICE Orange Juice NFA    Softs
 OD  ICE Orange Juice Differential    Softs
 OB  ICE Orange Juice FCOJ-B    Softs
 PU  ICE Pulp    Softs
 RN  ICE Robusta Coffee    Softs
      

New York Board of Trade (NYFE)

Symbol Name Grouping
 CR  CRB Futures Index    Indices
 CI  Continuous CRB Index    Indices
 YV  NYSE Composite    Indices
 MU  NYSE Small Composite    Indices
 RX  Russell 1000    Indices
 RI  Russell 1000 Mini    Indices
 VV  Russell 1000 Value    Indices
 VU  Russell 1000 Growth    Indices
 TO  Russell 2000    Indices
 RJ  Russell 2000 Mini    Indices
 RV  Russell 2000 Value    Indices
 RG  Russell 2000 Growth    Indices
 TH  Russell 3000    Indices
      

New York Board of Trade (FINEX)

Symbol Name Grouping
 DX  U.S. Dollar Index    Currency
 EX  Euro Index    Currency
 OL  Euro/Krone    Currency
 AR  Aussie/New Zealand    Currency
 YA  Aussie/Yen    Currency
 EO  Euro Futures Small    Currency
 EU  Euro Futures    Currency
 YP  Pound/Dollar    Currency
 OG  Pound/Dollar Small    Currency
 YY  Dollar/Yen    Currency
 SN  Dollar/Yen Small    Currency
 YD  Dollar/Canadian    Currency
 OV  Dollar/Canadian Small    Currency
 YF  Dollar/Swiss    Currency
 OF  Dollar/Swiss Small    Currency
 OR  Dollar/Rand    Currency
 SY  Pound/Yen    Currency
 YS  Small Pound/Yen    Currency
 SS  Pound/Swiss    Currency
 AU  Australian Dollar    Currency
 ZX  New Zealand Dollar    Currency
 EP  Euro/Canadian    Currency
 AS  Australian/Canadian    Currency
 HY  Canadian/Yen    Currency
 KU  Dollar/Krona    Currency
 NS  Dollar/Krone    Currency
 EQ  Euro/Australian    Currency
 GB  Pound/Euro    Currency
 EJ  Euro/Yen    Currency
 RK  Euro/Krona    Currency
 RZ  Euro/Swiss    Currency
 EK  Krone/Krona    Currency
 ZY  Swiss/Yen    Currency
 UZ  Czech Koruna    Currency
 GZ  Euro/Czech Koruna    Currency
 UY  Hungarian Forint    Currency
 GY  Euro/HungarianForint    Currency
 PY  Euro/Rand    Currency
 PV  Pound/Australian    Currency
 GN  Pound/New Zealand    Currency
 PW  Pound/Canadian    Currency
 PK  Pound/Krone    Currency
 PX  Pound/Rand    Currency
 PS  Pound/Krona    Currency
 ZJ  New Zealand/Yen    Currency
 KY  Krone/Yen    Currency
 KJ  Krona/Yen    Currency
      

InterContinental Exchange (ICE)

Symbol Name Grouping
 CB  ICE Brent Crude Oil    Energies
 WI  ICE Light Crude Oil    Energies
 LF  ICE Gas Oil    Energies
 LM  ICE Middle East Sour Crude Oil    Energies
 NF  ICE Natural Gas    Energies
 LG  ICE RBOB Blendstock    Energies
 LO  ICE Heating Oil    Energies
 LU  ICE Rotterdam Coal    Energies
 LV  ICE Richard Bay Coal    Energies
 CK  ICE ECX Carbon Financial    Energies